Seeking excellence in the move to a mass system: Institutional responses of key Chinese comprehensive universities

Frontiers of Education in China

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-506

  Gong, Fang ^a   Li, Jun ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; higher education expansion; implementation; world class universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649371141     PISSN: 1673341X     EISSN: 16733533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11516-010-0113-z     Document Type: Article

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